Definition of COMPASSIONATE

compassionate

Verb

  • share the suffering of
  • To feel compassion (for someone or with regard to something); to regard (someone or something) with compassion.

Adjective

  • showing or having compassion
    • "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women"

Adj

  • Having, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone).
  • Given to someone as an exception because of a family emergency or a death in their family.
  • Inviting or asking for pity.

Examples

  • compassionate leave; a compassionate visa
  • The Compassionate, the All-Compassionate

Origin / Etymology

A pseudo-Latin form of French compassionné, past participle of compassionner (“feel sorry for”).

Synonyms

condole with, feel for, pity, sympathize with, commiserate, compassion, compassionate, condole, empathetic, feel someone's pain, feel sorry for, mercify, pitiable, rue, ruthful, sympathetic, take pity

Antonyms

uncompassionate

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